Is there anything you actually do for a cold sore?

To Need a Woman · 22-05-2014 05:03PM #1

Is there anything I can do apart from leaving it alone, or the patches? I've looked all over and there doesn't seem to be any treatments for it. They're supposed to be caused by viruses, but I always seem to get one just underneath my lower lip after eater porridge. It feels like it's something to do with the spoon rubbing against the lip and the porridge drying on it?

NordieSteve · 22-05-2014 05:04PM

Get checked out for herpes.

MagicIRL · 22-05-2014 05:05PM

Don't eat porridge?

Penny Tration · 22-05-2014 05:07PM

It's nothing to do with eating porridge.

If you get cold sores, you've picked up the herpes virus somewhere.

Just wait it out, and don't kiss people. No point giving it to them. Although, it's more contagious before it appears.

Cee-Jay-Cee · 22-05-2014 05:08PM

Wash around your mouth after eating your porridge

roadsmart · 22-05-2014 05:09PM

I used to get them really badly as a child. They lessened as I got older, but nothing ever obliterated them. The only thing I've ever found that eases the itch and quickens their passing is Carmex, and since I discovered it a few years ago they haven't come back. If you use it as soon as you feel the first tingle it kills the sore.

mad muffin · 22-05-2014 05:09PM

You need to go and kiss babies. Lots of babies.

*may or may not actually get rid of a cold sore*

endacl · 22-05-2014 05:10PM

Headectomy.

darkpagandeath · 22-05-2014 05:10PM

Toothpaste can dry them out and help clear them up faster, But it does look a bit stupid though.

Gran Hermano · 22-05-2014 05:11PM

You could try rubbing urine into it.
It may not cure the cold sore
but as you already look like a leper you
may as well smell like the audience on
Winning Streak.

D Weasel · 22-05-2014 05:11PM

To Need a Woman wrote: »

Is there anything I can do apart from leaving it alone, or the patches? I've looked all over and there doesn't seem to be any treatments for it. They're supposed to be caused by viruses, but I always seem to get one just underneath my lower lip after eater porridge. It feels like it's something to do with the spoon rubbing against the lip and the porridge drying on it?

Red hot poker to your puss

Sir Arthur Daley · 22-05-2014 05:12PM

Get checked out for STD.

endacl · 22-05-2014 05:12PM

Hang on a minute..... Aren't you the man with perfect skin for a 24-year-old-that-looks-like-a-20-year-old?!?

What the hell happened since your last thread???

To Need a Woman · 22-05-2014 05:12PM

NordieSteve wrote: »

Get checked out for herpes.

I must have it because I've got a total of 6 cold sores in the last year. They seem to come on arbitrary occasions. The only thing I hate about them is their appearance. They're not painful at all. And no one else seems to get them... only me!

To Need a Woman · 22-05-2014 05:13PM

Sir Arthur Daley wrote: »

Get checked out for STD.

I'm a virgin

Effects · 22-05-2014 05:15PM

Get some L-Lysine and take a load as soon as you feel a tingle. At the same time you also need to avoid eating nuts and chocolate as well as drinking lots of water.

To Need a Woman · 22-05-2014 05:15PM

green_screen wrote: »

Just wait it out, and don't kiss people.

I don't think anyone would have me with it!

Sir Arthur Daley · 22-05-2014 05:16PM

To Need a Woman wrote: »

I'm a virgin

I hate to be your sex eduation teacher here but you can contract an STD without having sexual intercourse.

To Need a Woman · 22-05-2014 05:16PM

Effects wrote: »

you also need to avoid eating buts

?????

YFlyer · 22-05-2014 05:17PM

Sue the person that gave it to you.

To Need a Woman · 22-05-2014 05:19PM

Gran Hermano wrote: »

You could try rubbing urine into it.
It may not cure the cold sore
but as you already look like a leper you
may as well smell like the audience on
Winning Streak.

you're supposed to be a moderator with some responsibililty. Get out of here!

o1s1n · 22-05-2014 05:19PM

To Need a Woman wrote: »

I'm a virgin

Explains the username I guess?

To Need a Woman · 22-05-2014 05:20PM

endacl wrote: »

Hang on a minute..... Aren't you the man with perfect skin for a 24-year-old-that-looks-like-a-20-year-old?!?

What the hell happened since your last thread???

all age groups can get cold sores. Other than that I am looking fantastic

NordieSteve · 22-05-2014 05:21PM

To Need a Woman wrote: »

I must have it because I've got a total of 6 cold sores in the last year. They seem to come on arbitrary occasions. The only thing I hate about them is their appearance. They're not painful at all. And no one else seems to get them... only me!

It must be that famous E.T. virus that people have been talking about.

Birneybau · 22-05-2014 05:24PM

Deep heat.

Deep deep heat...

Wishiwasa Littlebitaller · 22-05-2014 05:24PM

I used to get 'em and was told to avoid foods high in Arginine that were also low in Lysine (Nuts, chocolate etc) and work for me.

Soon as I eat peanuts, especially chocolate ones, sure enough I will get one within days.

KungPao · 22-05-2014 05:26PM

Lifelong sufferer here.

Not much you can do I'm afraid. You can go and spend a pretty penny on very expensive branded creams, but you'll still end up with a horrible sore on your lip that goes from a tingle, to a swollen sore, then a burst sore then a scab then eventually back to normal.

All you can really do is keep it disinfected and ride it out.

To Need a Woman · 22-05-2014 05:27PM

Wishiwasa Littlebitaller wrote: »

I used to get 'em and was told to avoid foods high in Arginine that were also low in Lysine (Nuts, chocolate etc) and work for me.

Soon as I eat peanuts, especially chocolate ones, sure enough I will get one within days.

well I eat wall nuts and brazil nuts everyday, so I doubt it's anything to do with that

endacl · 22-05-2014 05:28PM

Have you tried wasabi? Available on the Asian shops. Mighty stuff.

jellyboy · 22-05-2014 05:31PM

endacl wrote: »

Hang on a minute..... Aren't you the man with perfect skin for a 24-year-old-that-looks-like-a-20-year-old?!?

What the hell happened since your last thread???

He aged getting from the beauty forum to after hours ..

Maybe ye should rename the beauty thread "tir ná óg"

To Need a Woman · 22-05-2014 05:33PM

jellyboy wrote: »

He aged getting from the beauty forum to after hours ..

i have not aged. For the record, I am looking fanytastic!

Is there anything you actually do for a cold sore?

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